Rules About Being Chubby

(Boulder-CO) I joked around with a couple of readers about a week ago where I said that if I owned the Nuggets I would, “withhold all of Nene’s paychecks until he dropped twenty pounds. He would still get all his money, but not until the weight came off.” When I was joking around about this concept and I had no idea that such a similar rule about body-fat was actually in existence.

That is, until this morning article written by Tom D’Angelo on http://www.palmbeachpost.com/.

D’Angelo reports, “Forwards James Posey and Antoine Walker were deactivated for Wednesday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers for failing to meet body-fat requirements by 1 percent.”

Holy $#%!, I was just joking around, but this is the real deal. Down to the exact body-fat composition of each player! Pat Riley is the man (as I quietly pat myself on the back...).

The article further explains that both Posey and Walker are kept at different levels of body-fat. A spokesman for the Miami Heat stated, “Posey's body fat is 9 percent and Walker's is 11 percent.” So by all means Antoine, have another go at the cookies and ice cream! I jest, but seriously, this is tremendously funny to me.

So in the nature of cracking jokes, I have assembled the top-5 chubbies in NBA history.

5. Khalid El-Amin 5’10”-200lbs
4. Robert “Tractor” Traylor 6’8”-285lbs
3. John Arthur "Chubby" Cox III 6‘2”-180lbs (based on principle alone)
2. Oliver Miller 6’8”-325bs
1. Shawn Kemp 6’10”- Reportedly over 340lbs at one point!